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Measuring and comparing party ideology in nonindustrialized societies : taking party manifesto research to Africa
Elischer, Sebastian - 2010
Despite a growing interest in African political parties, no comparative analyses of political ideology in Africa have been undertaken to date. This study addresses this shortcoming by applying the Manifesto Research Group's (MRG) coding scheme to a complete set of African party manifestos in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008908633
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The role of southern actors in global governance : the fight against HIV/AIDS
Bartsch, Sonja; Kohlmorgen, Lars - 2007
This paper analyses the role of actors from developing countries in global processes of pol-icy making and governance. To systematically examine the channels of influence of South-ern actors and the interactions in global governance it develops the concept of interfaces. It differentiates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905873
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Cultures and innovation of African poor : common roots, shared traits, joint prospects? ; on the articulation of multiple modernities in African societies and black diasporas in La...
Kohnert, Dirk - 2006
The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905228
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Neopatrimonialism revisited : beyond a catch-all concept
Erdmann, Gero; Engel, Ulf - 2006
The article provides a critical discussion of the literature on "patrimonialism" and "neopatrimonialism" as far as the use in Development Studies in general or African Studies in particular is concerned. To overcome the catch-all use of the concept the authors present their own definition of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905237
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Crafting political institutions in Africa : electoral systems and systems of government in Rwanda and Zambia compared
Stroh, Alexander - 2007
Scholars of institutional design attribute large importance to the choice of new institutions. The comparative analysis of how Rwanda and Zambia crafted their new electoral systems and the systems of government regards procedural, structural and rational choice variables which may influence the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905876
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Problems of categorizing and explaining party systems in Africa
Erdmann, Gero; Basedau, Matthias - 2007
Die Parteienforschung zu Afrika hat bisher widersprüchliche Befunde zum Zusammenhang von Parteiensystem und zu den … prädominanter Parteiensysteme in Afrika identifiziert werden. Diese können im Wesentlichen mit zwei Faktoren erklärt werden: 1. mit …. Dieses Phänomen beruht wiederum darauf, dass es sich bei den weitaus meisten Parteien in Afrika um "ethnische …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008905879
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The " ambivalence of the sacred" in Africa : the impact of religion on peace and conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
Basedau, Matthias - 2008
Gewaltkonflikten im subsaharischen Afrika vornimmt. Quantitative und qualitative Analysen unter Nutzung einer neu erstellten Datenbasis …, die bislang 28 Gewaltkonflikte in Afrika umfasst, zeigen, dass Religionen und religiöse Unterschiede in weitaus mehr …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907555
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Measuring party institutionalization in developing countries : a new research instrument applied to 28 African political parties
Basedau, Matthias - 2008
Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die Institutionalisierung politischer Parteien in Afrika wesentlich differenzierter zu …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907556
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Promoting peace and democracy through party regulation? : ethnic party bans in Africa
Becher, Anika; Basedau, Matthias - 2008
Vergleiche und bivariater Statistiken auf Basis einer einzigartigen Datenbasis zu Parteienverboten in Afrika und verfügbaren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907559
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The cleavage model, ethnicity and voter alignment in Africa : conceptual and methodological problems revisited
Erdmann, Gero - 2007
Jüngere Forschungsergebnisse stellen Ethnizität als Erklärungsfaktor für das Wahlverhalten in Afrika (südlich der … Hinblick auf Ethnizität modifiziert auf Afrika anwendbar ist und eine maßgebliche Erklärung für die Formation von … Parteiensystemen in Afrika liefern kann. Die widersprüchlichen und wenig aufschlussreichen Forschungsergebnisse zum Zusammenhang von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907570